Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10
MRS. SHAW, THE WHISTLER.
From the New York sun.

only one of those rare women who can
pucker up their pretty lips and whistle a
good. honest, non-squeaky whistle. but
She is also inspired by an ambition to
make whisting an art. Mrs. Shaw is not |
restricted to her talent in this direction !
for powers of attraction. Her personal |
charms are many and are equalled by her |
graccs of manner Her features of classic
regularity but fuller and more material |
beauty are lighted up by large. dark eyes
and crowned by wealth of black hair |
whose curl and wave are natural. The |
mouth is neither small nor large. but is
so fully in harmony with the face that
even when the lips are drawn to a whist
ling position there is none of the usual
effect of a grmace such as distinguishes
the inartistic efforts of the small boy.
Her figure is the full. rounded. well-de-
veloped form of more than ordinarily
healthy young womanhood. coupled with
matronly beauty and dignity that com
bine to Justify the often misused worus of
description. stately" and "queenly." The
]
ly aspect of this young mother i largely
due. are as worthy of being introduced to
The Suns readers as she is herself. for
very few of those readers have ever Seen
except in painters ideal on canvas,
such doll-lilie prettiness. The round.
peachv cheeks. the red. rosy lips. the bic
blue eyes. and the blond hair in tight
clIrls all over the little heads are easily
itemized. but the bewitching beauty of
their combination must be left to the
Imagination. And the fancy must not
fail to grasp the fact that there are two
of this description. little tots of five sum-
mers. and so much alike that even their
mother cannot tell them apart. She does
not even attempt it, and it is not neces sary.
One has to be cared for exactly a. the
other, and the call of ''baby" i, sufficient
Both respond. and both alike are washed.
dressed. taught, praised. scolded. or put
to bed. n the case may be. Add to this
that both of them are whistlcrs. and that
the baby lips can carry an air with sur
prising volume and perfect tune. and YOU
have the most uniquely beautiful and in
teresting pair of mothers darlings in all
New York.
This goes to support Mrs. Shaw's theory
that whiStling j. natural to her. She does
not know how else she came to develop
Il special talent in that direction. She is
the daughter of Mr.. W. W. Horton. and
was born in Elmira. though Il New \ orll-
or by adoption and long residence. She
doesn't know to what nationality her
musical streak is attributable. a. on both
sides her family is of American birth for
so many generations back that the old
country ancestors are lost in the past.
But the taste j. there. and Mrs Shaw j.
? "A thorough musician. She has ALWAYS
played the piano well. and has a good
voice, though it has never been brought
under cultivation. So when she deter
mined to make the plunge and come be-
! fore the public a. IA woman whistler she
did it with the enthusiasm of a pioneer
in new art. She thinks that it can be
/ made a. much of an art a. singing. She
, whistles a solo singer sings. with an
orchestral or piano accompaniment. and
7 only on the expiration of the breath
t She would no more think of whistine
t while inhaling than a singer would OF
l using the voice while taking breath. The
result i the same perfect control of eX
preston and the same accuracy of what
q may properly be called phrasing as in
? the trained use of the voice. In the case
l of ordinarily accomplished whistlers. the
0 trick of keeping up the sound while draw.
ing breath through the puckered lips i.
practced. Some of them find that they
9 can easily get Il half tone difference be
< tween the inhalation whistle and that OF
9 eNhalation. 1t is similar to the operation
, of the harmonica where the tone differ,
= as the performer blows out or draws il
: upon this peculiar instrument.
= Mrs. shaw accompanies this careful at
. tenton to method in her whistling by al
equally great care in her selection o
music. She confines herself to the render
ing of pieces of Il high musical order, anl
considers that the cultivation of Il gOoI
It musical taste may he accomplished n
: we'll by the training of the lips as of TIN
g voice. Any one who is naturally musica
} can be taught to whistle with an etiec
n that few suspect the possibilities Of Blu
# there are few who can hope to rival Mrs
S Shaw in the development of natura
: gift to such rare perfection as musica
u novelty. The rich tones that issue iron
g her pursed-up lips without any artificial
) aid or instrument are full, strong, sharp
ii and clear as bugle call or soft, sweet
J. plaintive, pure, and birdlike at he
T. pleasure, according to the sentiment
II the piece or passage she is rendering. Tn
|, power of the piccolo, softened from tn